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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?
2. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".
3. What objects served an important purpose to separate the public in the arcades from those outside?
4. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?
5. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author explain his writing method for the book in regards to the Parisian arcades?
2. How does the author first describe a convolute in the book?
3. How does the author discuss the use of technology at the end of Chapter 5?
4. How is the struggle between the economic and social class described in Chapter 5?
5. How does the author describe the importance of manufacturing in Chapter 3?
6. How does the author first describe the lithograph in the book?
7. Describe the story told by Baudelaire of a 26-year-old woman's relationship with a 60-year-old man?
8. How is romanticism first described in the book?
9. How is the Commune first described in the book?
10. How is the drug culture of Europe discussed in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's portrayal of war and its impact on society in the book. What might the author be saying about the hindrances war has on writing, and thus the ability for society to evolve, given his account of Nietzsche and Hegel at the end of the book?
Essay Topic 2
The arcades play a role throughout much of the book, but their presence should be taken for more than face value. Part 1.) Why does the author try and mimic his writing to the nature of the arcades with sparse bits of information given to create a whole? Part 2.) What might the author wish for the arcades to symbolize in regards to society in the 19th century? Part 3.) Does the author wish for the arcades to serve as a vehicle to tell the story of European society's evolution over time?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the portrayal of political institutions in the book. What reason does the author have for placing emphasis on the creation of political institutions like Communism, namely when suggesting they derived from other cultures? What message might he be saying about the nature of unity even in politics?
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